Newport Beach Little League: Angels hold off Braves, 9-7

Jordan Kurtz slammed an inside-the-park home run to help lead the

Newport Beach Little League’s Angels past the Braves, 9-7, in Majors

Division action.

The Angels (10-4) attacked the Braves early, scoring five runs in the

top of the first inning. But the Braves answered with three runs in the

bottom of the frame.

However, the Braves weren’t able to over the Angels’ timely hitting

and solid pitching.

Shane Boras, Michael Page, Scott Ely and Andy Rovzar contributed the

hits for the Angels. Rovzar and Hunter Alder combined their efforts on

the mound to help produce the win.

Thomas Koss, Thomas Dialynis and Camden Nicholson led the Braves’

seven-run scoring effort.

In NBLL AA Division action:

Mariners 14, Braves 5 - Cort Hastings led the Mariners’ pitching staff

with three shutout innings. Bryce Ashton and Grant Davis also pitched for

the Mariners and were backed by a solid defense.

Hastings and Jason Dillion’s two hits led the Mariner’s offense, while

Rodney Keller and Jonathan Teller contributed key RBI singles.

In NBLL AAA Division action:

Giants 8, Red Sox 7 - Eric Chebil crushed solo home run with two outs

in the top of the seventh inning to provide the winning margin, helping

the second-place Giants deal the Red Sox their first loss of the season.

The Giants built a 7-1 lead after two innings. In the second inning

the Giants scored six runs on singles by Jack Gerdau (two RBIs), Beau

Attyah (2 RBIs), Peter Weidner, Jamie Heinecke, Max Colvin (who later

pounded out a triple) and Josh Harrison.

However, the Red Sox countered with four runs in the bottom of the

third, with clutch hits from Chad Morabito and Jack Murphy.

Gerdau pitched the final three innings for the Giants, giving up only

one unearned run, to grab the victory.

Blake Thompsen pitched the final four innings for the Red Sox,

allowing just one run on two hits, which enabled his team to send the

game into the extra inning.

Angels 8, Reds 7 - The Angels’ Kyle Warsaw scored twice, including the

game-winning run. His teammates, Chandler Mitchell (single, double and

two runs scored), Karl Fletcher (two hits), Eric Morris (two hits),

Dillon Campbell (one hit and one run scored) and Jonthan Jaffee (one hit,

two walks and one run scored), also contributed.

On the mound for the Angels, Brian Hurst pitched two shutout innings

and also made several solid defensive plays at shortstop. Doug Watt

pitched 2 1/3 innings for the Angels, and gave up just two runs, while

Angels’ catcher Brennan Anderson provided consistent effort to help

provide the win.

Parker Stone and Matt Ruiz collected three hits apiece and each scored

twice for the Reds, and Scott Cook also finished with two hits and one

run scored.

In NBLL AAA Division action:

Braves 12, Mariners 1 - Braves’ pitcher Andrew Dunlap pitched four

innings, allowing no hits and striking out four. And, teammate David

Guibord shutout the Mariners in the final two innings, delivering four

strikeouts of his own.

Michael Delahanty, Michael Franklin, David Weiland and Jarrett Logan

provided hits and combined for eight runs. Nick Flamson, Benny Townsend,

Austin Allen, Dylan Salisbury, Steven Bruno and Francisco Impagliazzo led

the Braves’ defense.